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Three-dimensional (3D) topological Dirac semimetal is a new kind of material that has a linear energy dispersion in 3D momentum space and can be viewed as an analog of graphene. Extensive efforts have been devoted to the understanding of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-03 Enze Zhang , Yanwen Liu , Weiyi Wang , Cheng Zhang , Peng Zhou , Zhi-Gang Chen , Jin Zou , Faxian Xiu

In topological quantum materials the conduction and valence bands are connected at points (Dirac/Weyl semimetals) or along lines (Line Node semimetals) in the momentum space. Numbers of studies demonstrated that several materials are indeed…

Magnetic topological semimetals (TSMs) are topological quantum materials with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS) and isolated nodal points or lines near the Fermi level. Their topological properties would typically reveal from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-08 Jinyu Zou , Zhuoran He , Gang Xu

Topological semimetals are gapless states of matter which have robust and unique electromagnetic responses and surface states. In this paper, we consider semimetals which have point like Fermi surfaces in various spatial dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Srinidhi T. Ramamurthy , Taylor L. Hughes

Dirac semimetals, with their protected Dirac points, present an ideal platform for realizing intrinsic topological superconductivity. In this work, we investigate superconductivity in a two-dimensional, square-lattice nonsymmorphic Dirac…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Xiao-Jiao Wang , Yijie Mo , Zhi Wang , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan

Among the quantum materials that gained interest recently are the topological Dirac/Weyl semimetals, where conduction and valence bands touch at points in reciprocal (k)-space, and the Dirac nodal-line semimetals, where these bands touch…

A Dirac nodal-line phase, as a quantum state of topological materials, usually occur in three-dimensional or at least two-dimensional materials with sufficient symmetry operations that could protect the Dirac band crossings. Here, we report…

Very recently, in spite of various efforts in searching for two dimensional topological Dirac semimetals (2D TDSMs) in phosphorene, there remains a lack of experimentally efficient way to activate such phase transition and the underlying…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Peng-Lai Gong , Bei Deng , Liang-Feng Huang , Liang Hu , Wei-Chao Wang , Da-Yong Liu , Xing-Qiang Shi , Zhi Zeng , Liang-Jian Zou

Predicting a new Dirac semimetal (DSM), as well as other topological materials, is quite challenging, since the relationship between crystal structure, composing atoms and the band topology is complex and elusive. Here, we demonstrate an…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-04 Bo Peng , Changming Yue , Hao Zhang , Zhong Fang , Hongming Weng

Dirac materials have unique transport properties, partly due to the presence of surface states. A new type of Dirac materials, protected by non-symmorphic symmetries was recently proposed by Young and Kane [1]. By breaking of time reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 P. G. Matveeva , D. N. Aristov , D. Meidan , D. B. Gutman

The topological nodal-line semimetal state, serving as a fertile ground for various topological quantum phases, where a topological insulator, Dirac semimetal, or Weyl semimetal can be realized when the certain protecting symmetry is…

We study the topological properties of magnon excitations in three-dimensional antiferromagnets, where the ground state configuration is invariant under time-reversal followed by space-inversion ($PT$-symmetry). We prove that Dirac points…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-20 Kangkang Li , Chenyuan Li , Jiangping Hu , Yuan Li , Chen Fang

2D materials with nontrivial energy bands are highly desirable for exploring various topological phases of matter, as low dimensionality opens unprecedented opportunities for manipulating the quantum states. Here, it is reported that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Chenqiang Hua , Si Li , Zhu-An Xu , Yi Zheng , Shengyuan A. Yang , Yunhao Lu

Bulk-boundary correspondence has achieved a great success in the identification of topological states. However, this elegant strategy doesn't apply to the Dirac semimetals (DSMs). Here, we propose that kagome lattices Pd$_3$Pb$_2$X$_2$ (X =…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-10 Simin Nie , Jia Chen , Changming Yue , Congcong Le , Danwen Yuan , Wei Zhang , Hongming Weng

Dirac semimetals (DSMs), which host Dirac fermions and represent new state of quantum matter, have been studied intensively in condensed matter physics. The exploration of new materials with topological states is im- portant in both physics…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-02-28 Yi-Yan Wang , Sheng Xu , Lin-Lin Sun , Tian-Long Xia

{\alpha}-Sn with a diamond-type crystal structure provides an ideal avenue to investigate novel topological properties owing to its rich diagram of topological phases and simple elemental material structure. Thus far, however, realisation…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-27 Le Duc Anh , Kengo Takase , Takahiro Chiba , Yohei Kota , Kosuke Takiguchi , Masaaki Tanaka

The interaction between superconductivity and band topology can lead to various unconventional superconducting (SC) states, and represents a new frontier in condensed matter physics research. Recently, the transition metal dichalcogenide…

The search of new topological phases of matter is one of the new directions in condensed matter physics. Recent experimental realizations of Dirac semimetal phases pave the way to look for other exotic phases of matter in real materials.…

Topological nodal-line semimetals (NLSMs) are a new family of topological materials characterized by electronic band crossings that form lines in the Brillouin zone. These NLSMs host exotic nodal-line structures and exhibit distinct…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-30 Po-Yao Chang

Chemically realistic quasi-one-dimensional (1D) materials in which Dirac fermions and highly degenerate flat bands coexist intrinsically at the Fermi level are exceedingly rare, while representing a highly desirable platform for correlated…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Shivam Sharma , Chenhaoyue Wang , Hsuan Ming Yu , Amartya S. Banerjee